ANTI-LABOUR VICTORY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 April 1922, Page 5

ANTI-LABOUR VICTORY.

SYDNEY, April 8. Although the results of the polling in several of the electorates is still in doubt, the ultimate result of the general election just held in New South Wales eeems certain that there will be 52 antiLabour members returned as against 38 Labourites. Almost immediately on the results of the election becoming fairly certain with the count of the primary votes there was a clearly better feeling in business. The tension was at once relieved when it was certain the Labour Government would be beaten. _ It was close on a week after polling day before the election continuation count continued. Proportional repre-, sentation means for the unfortunate eandiates who are not well up in the first preferences excruciating agony of waiting. The votes of those who happen to be away m distant parts of the State must reach, the returning officials by post before a commencement can be made with the transfers of surpluses or preferences. Until every vote is in, the total yoking of the electorate cannot be divided by the number of candidates to be elected (plus 1) so as to ascertain tne quota, In many of the electorates where the polling has been finalised tnere were many surprises in the operation or preferences, candidates, who on the voting seemed certain of ?h! ?'*£ aVI Mg t0- Sive w^ t0 o^ers swSSs allocatlon of Preference and As to the future Government, there 3, Tr cl hlng definite .known this weefc. Ihough some surprises are still was 100,000 against Labour was regaidposition Ye eD°Ugil t0 indlcate to« on iJ OUr leaders, -while awaiting ' the S ?\>+ th& Pyrenees, spent the time in bitter wrangling as to the cause ed Mr tW' Tb%S o?^ ««tion blainbhiVS 01"'1 Officials of the league Slwfn *a*f^ cine everything to the ' ifi \t ibf w l' S-eats- D^sion was a nA £\ 1 b, e §lluling of the campaign, and it worked up to a storm at the end Ihe executive of the Australian Labour e^necifivT mt° P + l enty Ol vi^pe^t^ own ffid Jff 3f 6mpt t0 *«k» "to its ",, nands the selection of candidates Urn executive's orders about first £p ierence were respn+*>r7 on. p r6~ was snlit i resen. tfi, • The movement